title: [History of leprosy in Reunion Island from the beginning of the 18th century until today].
abstract: This article traces the history of leprosy in Reunion from the early eighteenth century, which long paralleled the slave trace. Lepers were confined to a lazaretto and treated with herbs. Father Raimbault, "doctor" and chaplain of the lepers in the middle of the twentieth century, is still honored today. The improvement in living standards and the use of sulfones finally resulted in the control of leprosy. Nonetheless, from 2005 to 2011, an average of three new cases per year were detected among a population of 800,000 inhabitants.
authors.affiliation: Service de réanimation polyvalente, CHU de La Réunion, hôpital Félix Guyon, 97405 Saint-Denis, France, Centre René-Labusquière, université Bordeaux Segalen, Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Gaüzere
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aubry
mesh_terms: D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007914:Leper Colonies / Q000266:history; D007918:Leprosy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history*; D017508:Reunion; D057545:Social Stigma; D013450:Sulfones / Q000266:history / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013450:Sulfones
keywords: Indian Ocean; Réunion Island; history; lazaret; leprosy